Pocketknife-display cabinet



Nov. 3 1925- H. G. ROTH PbCKET KNIFE DISPLAY CABINET Filed Nov. 20, 1922 Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

UNITED s TA TIES HENRY. G. ROTH, on wHEELING, wnsrvr PANY, OF WHEELIN G, WEST VIRGIN I rooKET KNI'F-E-nIsrL Y CABINET;

Application filed November 20, 1922. sena1 1vo. eb1,9e9. i

To all :whom it may @(m'cem:

Be it known that I, 'HENRY G. ROTH, a citizen of the United States of, America, and resident ,of l'Vheeling, county'of Ohio, and State of 'West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements-in Pocketknife-Display Cabinets, of which the following is a Specification.

This invention'relates broadly to display cabinets, and more specifically to a case or cabinet for displaying pocket knives.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device of the character mentioned which constitutes at once a case for containing a comparatively large stock of pocket knives and a cabinet for advantageously and attractively displaying such knives.

A further object is to provide acabinet of the character referred to in which the knives with blades open, or partially open,

7 are displayed in such manner that customers may readily make selection therefrom with out close examination or without objectionable touching or handling of the blades which would result in the application thereto of moisture and in consequence of which tarnish or rust might follow.

In describing the invention in detail, reference is herein had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention; and- Figure 2 is a transverse horizontal section of the same. 7

Referring to said drawings, 1 indicates a substantially upright casing, preferably of rectangular form in cross section, having a transparent glass front 2, preferably of hinged door form, said door permitting visual inspection of the contents of the casing and aflording convenient means of access to the interior of the casing when such is required.

Having their inner ends firmly mounted in the rear wall 1 of the casing and projecting horizontally forward into the interior of the latter are numerous slender posts or pins 3, preferably of escutcheon pin type,

designed to serve as supports for a plurality of pocket knives, herein shown in dotted lines and designated by the reference numeral 4. Said pins are arranged in pairs, each pair being adapted to support thereon one or moreknives, the number of course being dependent upon the sizes of the knives and thelen'gth of the pins." The pins of'each pair are spaced apart such a dis'tance'; that, with the opposite .end blades'foff knives half open, orfldisposed at right angles' totheknife handles, they are adaptedto underlie the handles adj acent. to the an lesbetween "said blades and said handles, thisarrangement providing for the serum, AssI on 'To ornnnrsxnnr, GOM- A, A CORPORATION or WEST VIRGINIA.

support of the knives insuch manner that A longitudinal shifting thereof to the extent that they might become unbalanced is effectually prevented.

The pairs of pins are preferablyarranged in a plurality of vertical rows, three such rows being shown in the drawing. Certain of said rows, preferably the central row or rows, have the pins of each pair disposed in horizontal alinement providing for the support of knives in horizontal position, while others of said rows, as the opposite laterally located rows, have the pins of the various pairs thereof disposed in parallel inclined planes, thus providing for the mounting of the knives in inclined parallel relation, as shown, with the uppermost pin of each pair supporting the superposed knife or knives at the angle between the handles and half open blades of the latter.

It will be observed that the pins, arranged as described, provide mountings adaptedfor supporting knives with their blades occupying open, or partially open, I position in which visual examination thereof, without touching or handling, is facilitated; also, that the arrangement is such that the knives are displayed in a particularly attractive manner.

A push pin 5 having a large button-like head upon which may appear the cost price or pattern number, orboth, is provided below each of the various pairs of supporting pins 3. k

A backing 6 consisting of a layer of suitable dark covering material, as greenfelt cloth, is preferably carried by'the inner surface of the rear casing wall 1".

What is claimed is 1. A pocket-knife display cabinet comprising a substantially upright casing having a transparent glass door closing the front thereof, and pins mounted in the rear wall of said casing and projecting forward into the interior of the latter,--said pins being arranged in pairs for supporting thereon one or more knives, the pins of each pair being relatively spaced to underlie the knife handles adjacent to opposite ends of the latter, the pins of some of said pairs being disposed in horizontal planes and beingadapted to engage the handles closely adjacent to the angles formed between said handles and the depending half-open opposite end blades, and the pins of others of said pairs being disposed in inclined planes in which the uppermost pin of each pair is adapted to engage a superposed knife in "the angle between the handle and a depending half-open blade, and the lowermost pin underlies the opposite end of the handle. 7

- 2. A pocket-knife display cabinet comprising a substantially upright casing having a transparent glass door closing the front thereof, and pins mounted in the rear Wall of said casing and projecting forlying ward into the interior of the latter, said pins being arrangedfor supporting thereon one or more knives, said pairs being further arranged in a plurality of vertical rows, the pairs of some of said rows having the pins thereof disposed in horizontal planes and spaced relatively to engage the overlying knife handles adjacent to the angles between said handles and depending half-open opposite end'blades, and the pairs of others of said rows having the pins thereof disposed in inclined planes in Which the uppermost pin of each pair supports the overknife at the angle between the handle and a depending half-open blade and the lowermost pin underlies the handle at a point adjacent to its opposite end.

In testimony whereof, I afiiX my signature.

HENRY Gr. ROTH. 

